Category Archives: HTC

Radio Shack Leak Outs New Release Date for HTC Vigor (Incredible HD) and Samsung Stratosphere

Posted by on September 16, 2011 No comments

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Looks like Radio Shack may be expecting a nice little shipment of HTC Vigors in their stores come October 20th. This leaked document also shows the Samsung Stratosphere (Epic 4G) arriving on October 6th. Last we heard, the HTC Vigor could launch as the Droid Incredible HD and early leaks were showing it for an October 13th launch. So either Radio Shack has a more up-to-date launch date, or they’ll get it a little later than everyone else. Either way, the battle for best 720p Android device is on this holiday season!

[Via Droid-Life]

Leaked Doc Reveals HTC Vigor Launching As The Droid Incredible HD On Oct 13th

Posted by on September 16, 2011 No comments

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If the above image is to be believed, the HTC Vigor that we’ve been following for weeks now, could be rebranded the DROID Incredible HD when it hits Verizon on October 13th. The leaked image goes on to show the specs of the phone aside from one glaring typo: a “4.3-inch WVGA display?” While, I wouldn’t call shenanigans on that alone, (seeing how it correctly lists the device’s resolution in the next line) I’m sure it will raise a few eyebrows. Leaked pics of the device (and more recently the leaked press shot) reveal the Vigor as taking some major styling cues from the Incredible line so the change in name seems very plausible.

The rest of the specs are spot on with what we’ve been hearing on the HTC Vigor. 4G LTE enabled,  720p HD screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM, Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, 8MP rear/2MP font facing camera, and Beats by Dr. Dre earbuds. Oh- and as an added bonus, a 32GB class 10 microSD will come inside the device to compliment the already 16GB of onboard storage (sounds fishy). If this device isn’t HTC’s next flagship, I don’t know what is. HTC is throwing their very best into this device and it looks like HTC will be first-to-market with an HD 1280×720 screen. Once again, this leaves other Android OEM’s to play catch-up. Definitely excited to see what comes of this device, how ’bout you?

[Via Droid-Life]

Press Shot Gives Us a Clear Look at the HTC Vigor

Posted by on September 15, 2011 No comments

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No surprise here, folks. The HTC Vigor looks like just about every other high-end smartphone the company has produced in the past year. The above press photo won’t do much to differentiate it from the pack, but perhaps its rumored 720p display and 1.5GHz dual-core processor will. From in-the-wild photos leaked last month we know flipping the vigor over reveals a battery cover reminiscent of the HTC Incredible. Whispers have suggested it may launch as the Thunderbolt 2, but there is a chance the Vigor name will be the final branding of the device.

[via PocektNow]

HTC Runnymede to Launch as HTC Bass?

Posted by on September 15, 2011 No comments

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After it was revealed that the HTC Bliss would hit streets with a more musical name, it appears the HTC Runnymede will also get a branding treatment more in tune with its on-board Beats Audio. Not that anyone thought that the Runnymede name would stick, according to UK mobile retailer Handtec the phone will be known as the HTC Bass.

According to the Handtec blog, HTC will be announcing the handset early next month. Pricing and release details won’t be available until then, but a product page exists for the Bass nevertheless.

[via UnwiredView]

HTC Rhyme to Be Street Name for the HTC Bliss

Posted by on September 15, 2011 No comments

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While Bliss seemed like a pretty spot-on name for an Android smartphone tailored to women, a new promotional shot of the device reveals that it will go by the name HTC Rhyme in some if not all regions. When the Rhyme name first surfaced the popular opinion was that the brand would be associated with a Beats Audio handset, but it remains unclear if the artist formerly known as Bliss will sport the audio technology.

The phone pictured alongside the HTC Rhyme tag lacks the familiar green hue of the Bliss, but is the same handset nonetheless. Perhaps the Rhyme becomes the international version with less focus placed on female users. Perhaps we still see an HTC Bliss as a Verizon version of the phone. We may know soon enough, as HTC is set to unveil some new toys next week at a media event in NYC.

[via EuroDroid]

HTC Flyer Bootloader Can Now Be Unlocked With HTC Software

Posted by on September 15, 2011 No comments

HTC has great news for the owners of the Flyer tablet: they’ll be allowed to unlock their bootloader using a HTC web tool made available by the Taiwanese company. On HTCDev.com you’ll find this tablet among the unlockable devices, in both the international WiFi and 3G version.

However, before you start to unlock the bootloader, you must check up the Flyer model you’re using, to make sure you have the correct firmware version, that must be up to date. Strangely enough, the list of unlockable devices doesn’t include the HTC EVO View 4G, the WiMax flavor of the slate available on Sprint, so bad news if you’re on this carrier.

Reasons to unlock the Flyer there are plenty, the simplest of them being the fact that you can install custom firmware not approved y HTC, unlike the official software. Keep one thing in mind though: you have to be familiar with such unlock methods and if you haven’t done this before, you should keep away for now. Especially since it will void your warranty…


Deal Alert: Radio Shack Offering $100 Off Their Best Selling Verizon Wireless Smartphones

Posted by on September 15, 2011 No comments

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It wasn’t too long ago when we learned Radio Shack would be giving T-Mobile the boot and making room on store shelves for their new buddy, Verizon Wireless. Well, to help celebrate the new venture, The Shack will be offering $100 on all of their Verizon smartphones from tomorrow September 15th, through October 22nd.

Here’s the full lineup:

That means there’s no better time to pick up any one of those fancy 4G “Droid” doohickeys the kids have been talking about nowadays. Still, makes me wonder what Verizon could have up their sleeves the day after this sale is over..?

[Via Droid-Life]

HTC Runnymede Sense 3.5 ROM Ported to the Desire S

Posted by on September 14, 2011 No comments

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While HTC Sense 3.5 has yet to make its official debut, the underground Android dev scene has been busy porting the updated user interface to the currently available lineup of HTC devices. The latest port comes on behalf of the upcoming HTC Runnymede and XDA member proxuser. What we see here is a version of Sense that looks slightly different from the one ripped from the HTC Bliss the first phone found to be running the altered UI.

The Sense 3.5 ROM is in its first release for the HTC Desire S and runs on top of Android 2.3.5. Based around the WWE RUU 0.82.401.1, there are still some kinks to be worked out. The ROM is expected to find its way to other handsets in the near future.

[via XDA]

US Cellular HTC Merge Customers Receive Gingerbread

Posted by on September 14, 2011 No comments

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Gingerbread is all over the place lately, it seems. US Cellular has delivered the upgrade to owners of the oft-forgotten HTC Merge Unfortunately it does appear you may need a Windows PC to apply this yourself as it requires HTC Sync, but be sure to call your local US Cellular location to see if they can do it for you in-store. If you are able to do it yourself, head over to their site to get started with the instructions and download. [via AP]

Deal: T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Free Through Thursday

Posted by on September 14, 2011 1 comment

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Here’s yet another offer from T-Mobile for their MyTouch 4G. Like they’ve done at least twice in the past (I’ve lost count), they are giving users a chance to get it for free after signing a new two-year agreement. The T-Mobile myTouch 4G eventually lost its luster when it comes to sheer power, but the big secret is that this is still a pretty good phone.

It’s got a snappy 1GHz processor, 768MB of RAM and a fork of HTC Sense (called Espresso) that really takes advantage of that SoC. Could be the perfect gift for someone who needs to come out of the dark ages of feature phones. Head over to T-Mobile’s site to take advantage if you want, but do it quickly – it’s supposed to revert to normal pricing tomorrow. [T-Mobile, thanks Big Fella!]